Enticer

MUMBAI: Yamaha Motor India has launched an all-new 125 cc bike called Enticer in Indian market. The bike developed and designed specially for India is being targeted as a leisure vehicle. Priced at Rs 49,110 (ex-showroom Mumbai), company plans to produce 40,000 during the calendar year.

A chance conversation with an ad-man recently, on a day be fore his flight to Thailand for a shoot, led to the usual round of ribald jokes on why all ad-men keep rushing off to Thailand for their frequent shoots and the rest. Once the quota of jokes was exhausted it led to a slightly more serious conversation about why the ad-men really rush there? But Thailand is a favourite destination for most ad-film makers for official reasons also. Even as the country gets tourists by the...

PUNE: Yamaha Motor India, the wholly-owned company of the Japanese two-wheeler major, has chalked out a re-entry strategy. Part of this is revving up its dealer network while also launching new products and evaluating the market for scooters and scooterettes. In the process, it is also increasing production capacity, investing Rs 200 crore over the next two years. Globally, Yamaha is known for its super bikes of 500 cc and more. In India, it is working on new engines and new engine...

PUNE: Playing catch up, Yamaha India is readying to launch a 100-110 cc bike by Diwali, targeted at the not-so-young buyer. The bike will emphasise on style, which is expected to be similar to the newly launched Enticer. The 125 cc Enticer, positioned for the 18-28-year-olds, has been a runaway success, resulting in the manufacturer stopping bookings across the country. Rahul Bhatnagar, western zonal manager, Yamaha India, said, "We are resuming bookings from Wednesday in...

NEW DELHI: Want to cook an exotic dish just the way Sanjeev Kapoor does it? Gurgaon-based online grocer Meragrocer.com, which launched operations recently and is endorsed by the celebrity chef, will soon start offering a solution: you can order chef special recipe packs that contain all the ingredients in the same quantity that Kapoor uses, along with detailed cooking instructions. Online grocers such as Meragrocer.com, BigBasket.com and ...

MUMBAI: The stock market rally in the last one year is yet to entice retail investors in the way it did in 2007. As the Sensex hovers below the magical 30,000-mark, demat account additions so far in the financial year ending March 31 have been just a fourth of that in 2007-08. About 12.9 lakh new demat accounts were opened from April 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015 compared with 50 lakh additions in the...

BANGALORE: Yamaha Motors, which sold 1.7 lakh motorcyles in the first six months (January-June) of 2002, is launching a new model by the year-end, a senior company official said. The company's managing director, Masahiko Shibuya, said "it is almost in line with its projections for the year 2002, when it is targetting a sales turnover of Rs 1,100 crore, from Rs 700 crore clocked last year. " In 2001, the company sold 2.3 lakh units, with its Crux and Crux R models accounting for as high as...

NEW DELHI: If you thought Chinese bikes are cool, wait till you get to touch and feel this: a Harley Davidson look-alike with a 150 cc heart that returns a mileage of 48 km per litre! The price tag: Rs 45,000-50,000. Delhi-based Monto Motors, which has a exclusive partnership with Chinese bike maker Chongqing Lifan, plans to introduce Lifan's Cyclone LF-150 model, targeting the yuppie enthusiasts in metros. The bike will be branded Cosmo Cruiser and launched by March 2003, said...

NEW DELHI: It seems Yamaha Motors has finally found its feet in India. The Japanese two-wheeler major is likely to post a 50 per cent jump in motorcycle sales during the current fiscal. Total sales of Yamaha India this fiscal year is expected to touch 3.3 lakh units, with exports accounting for 30,000 units. During the next three years, the Japanese two-wheeler major plans to more than double its domestic motorcycle sales. By '04-05, Yamaha expects to sell...

NEW DELHI: What's in a name? Plenty, if you're a bike marketer and need a degree of audience recall in a segment that is getting increasingly cluttered. With the year witnessing a range of new launches ? from Yamaha's Enticer to LML's Freedom to Hero Honda's Ambition ? the name game is getting frenetic. Take the soon-to-be-launched 92 cc entry level Byk from Bajaj Auto. Although code-named CBM (College Boys' Machine), the company decided on Byk for two basic reasons: "The...

NEW DELHI: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) is understood to have cleared Yamaha Motor India's proposal to pay royalty of 190 million Japanese yen to the parent company for four new four-stroke motorcycles including 'Enticer' and 'Turning Forks'. The royalty will be paid by the Indian arm in three instalments. Besides, additional royalty will be paid to Yamaha Motor Corporation (YMC) on motorcylces exported to Nepal and Bhutan during the term of...

By Parag Patel The United States' Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is enticing more NRIs to disclose their unreported assets and income just weeks before implementation of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). On June 18, 2014, the IRS announced new Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures (SFOP), which will significantly alter all future voluntary disclosures. The SFOP is a game changer for non-resident and resident (who would use the Streamlined Domestic Offshore...

DURBAN: After sharing the honours in a thrilling draw, India and South Africa will renew their exciting battle for supremacy in the series-deciding second and final cricket Test which promises to be another epic encounter starting here tomorrow. The opening Test between the number one (South Africa) and number two (India) turned out to be the most perfect advertisement for Test cricket giving five days of an engaging clash. In the end, South Africa were left...

In a chat with ET Now, Sonam Udasi, Head of Research, IDBI Capital, shares his view on the two-wheeler companies, particularly TVS. Excerpts: ET Now: What is your view on TVS Motor Company Ltd. ? Sonam Udasi: We continue to have a neutral view on the stock. The product pipeline that they have is not very enticing as compared to what is happening with Honda, Hero or even Bajaj. Considering that the market conditions continue to be very...

NEW DELHI: Amid a growing number of brokerage firms, hedge funds and other market intermediaries from abroad soliciting business from HNIs and other investors in India, Sebi is considering introducing a separate set of rules for such foreign entities. The new set of rules would ensure that the intermediaries working in foreign markets maintain the high levels of compliance, as required from the Indian market entities, while dealing with the investors in India,...

There is something about the Nehru-Gandhis and roses. If Jawaharlal insisted on buttonholing the flower and making a curious statement that was half-political , half-sartorial in a newly-independent country where floriculture was hardly a pressing concern, his great-grandson has bigger ambitions for it. Rahul Gandhi wants a rosy future for his constituency. At Amethi, where he laid the foundation stone for three new national highways, he dreamt of...

In a chat with ET Now, CK Narayan, Growth Avenues Asset Advisors, shares his views on Maruti Suzuki Ltd . ET Now: What is your views on Maruti Suzuki India Ltd ? CK Narayan: I think Maruti stock will entice traders and investors for sure because one of the trends we are seeing in the market is post significant numbers there is clearly a realignment by large holders, the institutional investors from one stock to another within the same sector. This...

SINGAPORE: Projects aimed at developing Mumbai's Film City and Visakhapatnam's beaches are among 35 multi-billion dollar initiatives aimed at boosting foreign tourist flows into India under the 12th Five-Year Plan , Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay said here last night. These projects would be the main focus of India's efforts to develop the tourism sector with a view to attract an additional 5 million foreign visitors a year and generate 25...